Times Group files police complaint against Goswami, reporter

Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL), also known as the Times Group, has lodged a police complaint against Arnab Goswami, founder of recently launched English news channel Republic TV, and its journalist Prema Sridevi for alleged infringement of copyright and property theft.

In the police complaint, the BCCL said two "exposes" by Republic TV displayed material, in the form of audio tapes of phone conversations, that was procured and accessed while Goswami and Prema were in the employment of Times Now. BCCL filed the complaint with the Azad Maidan police station here on Tuesday. BCCL is the media conglomerate that owns Times Now, which was earlier headed by Goswami as the Editor-in-Chief.